The notorious William C. Holman Correctional Facility was described as ‘objectively unsafe’, a place where overcrowded lags do battle in scorching kitchens to stay alive William C. Holman Correctional Facility is known as the 'Slaughter Pen' (Image: ABC)

It is known as America’s most violent prison.

William C Holman, in Alabama, is even known by those who have experienced it as the “Slaughter Pen”. So what really goes on behind its doors, where death row inmates anxiously await their executions?

Located nine miles north of Atmore, Alabama, is the legendarily violent prison known by many lags as the "Slaughterhouse".

It also bears the monikers "House of Pain" and "Slaughter Pen of the South", referring to the amount of stabbings and death that are seen within its walls. “You c

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